34 films in December 2010. I had to catch up

34. Le silence de Lorna (French) [Lorna's Silence] (6.5/10)
Lorna marries a druggie , pays him to get Belgian citizenship in hope to open a snacks bar. This i arranged by a dealer Fabio. He nows wants to overdose the junkie, so that Lorna can now make money by marrying a Russian who also now wants a citizenship. What will Lorna do now specially now that she has started to have feelings for her now dead junkie husband. Interesting story but the end was a bit weird. It was all good thus far. But still I must say that the film was much better than some of Hollywood crap.

33. Ek Din Achanak (Hindi TV Film) (2/10)
This was a film made for TV where Rohit Roy and his real life wife play husband wife. The film is about money, greed and power where the husband hires a killer to get rid of hiswife for money but tables turn when she finds out he truth. It wasa very TV telefilm types. Acting was strictly ok. Manasi Joshi Ry seriously needs to loose weight.

32. How Do You Know (0.5/10)
After being cut from the USA softball team and feeling a bit past her prime, Lisa finds herself evaluating her life and in the middle of a love triangle, as a corporate guy in crisis competes with her current, baseball. A bad bad bad film on all accounts. If I can leave a film midway in theatre, you can guess how awful it really was.

31. Tees Maar Khan (Hindi) (5.5/10)
Huge expectations usually crumble down. I went with very low expectations specially after all those reviews. So that way at least I enjoyed the film and wsn't disappointed. I hate to say but Katrina was the only saving grace of the film. Her bimbo act was superb and so was Sheila Ki Jawani song. Akshay really needs to do something different. He is getting so repetitive.

30. Coco Before Chanel (French) (5/10)
We all know of the famous Chanel brand. This movie shows us the life of Coco before she became the famous Chanel. It is a historical reconstruction (dunno how much of it is actually true) but nonetheless it made for a very interesting viewing. The film shows Coco Chanel's rise from obscure beginnings to the heights of the fashion world.

29. Mohandas (Hindi) (7/10)
ery engaging film. It is again sad that these mall films never get he audience they deserve. I must admit I had my apprehensions but so glad that I gave the film a chance. Never has a hindi film dealt with the subject of identity theft and what does an individual has to go through because of it. Please watch this one.

28. The Colors Of Paradise (Iranian) (6.5/10)
Directed by famous Majid Majidi, this film also explores and celebrates childhood. Blind boy Mohammad is loved by everyone including his sisters and granny but his single widowed father finds him a burden and wants to get rid of him to stay witha blind carpenter so that he can marry a woman. The story descends into scripted tragedy and a contrived, action-packed climax where it your interpretation of what happened to the boy.

27. Life Express (Hindi) (3.5/10)
A noble theme and handled well but the problem is these issues are so often dealt in small screen that no one cares about it as a film. The film shows a very busy couple who are so much into their careers that they dont have time or kids. They plan to go for surrogate mother so that they can have their cake and eat too. Of course the mom (Rituparna Sengupta) soon realizes that she actually wants to become a mother rather than otherwise. Divya Dutta as always is the only saving grace of this film.

26. Une Petite Zone De Turbulences (French) [A Spot of Bother] (5.5/10)
A comic French film that shows a french dysfunctional family. An aging old man thinks he is dying, cannot accept that his daughter loves a man who is probably not as intelligent as he should, cannot accept the fact that his son is gay and later finds out that his wife is cheating on him. All this happens in the due course of the film with a funny touch but humane angle at the same time. I am not sure what the director's intentions were behind the film but it was alright and easy to watch.

25. Urf Professor (Hindi) (6/10)
THis film was made by now Late Pankaj Advani much before he made Sankat City. This was banned for its very very strong sexual language which I for once have never heard in a hindi movie. But this film was still interesting in terms how many layers of the film interacted with each other and how segments flow. The film basically deals with a professor who is a hit man and what all happens with him and people surrounding him. Also features Sharman Joshi and Antara Mali in extended roles. You can now see why Sankat City was such a wonderful film.